Per-capita spend up 8.9% in first half
By Zhang Ran | China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-28 08:12
Customers shop at a home appliances and furnishing market in Beijing. The per-capita expenditure for urban residents rose to 5,979 yuan in the first half of this year, a sign of economic recovery. CFP |
China's per-capita expenditure for consumption increased 8.9 percent year-on-year in the first-half despite a registered unemployment of 9.06 million urban residents amid the economic recession.
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